Shloka 59
Adhyaya 4 — Jaimini Meets the Dharmapakshis: Four Doubts on the Mahabharata and the Opening of Narayana Doctrine
इत्येतत्ते समाख्यातं कृतकृत्योऽपि यत्प्रभुः ।
मानुषत्वं गतो विष्णुः शृणुष्वास्योत्तरं पुनः ॥
ityetat te samākhyātaṃ kṛtakṛtyo 'pi yatprabhuḥ /
mānuṣatvaṃ gato viṣṇuḥ śṛṇuṣvāsyottaraṃ punaḥ
Assim te foi explicado como o Senhor (embora já tenha realizado tudo o que havia a realizar) ainda assim assumiu a condição humana como Viṣṇu. Agora ouve novamente a resposta ulterior a respeito disso.
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FAQs
The verse foregrounds a classic avatāra principle: the Supreme, though kṛtakṛtya (needing nothing), still enters limited embodiment. Ethically, it supports loka-saṅgraha—divine (and by extension exemplary human) action undertaken not from personal lack, but to uphold dharma, teach by example, and restore order.
Most closely aligns with Vaṃśānucarita and Manvantara-adjacent narrative material insofar as avatāras and divine interventions are typically embedded in dynastic/manvantara histories. In this isolated verse, it functions as a narrative hinge introducing a continued account rather than detailing sarga/pratisarga directly.
‘Mānuṣatva’ symbolizes the descent of the infinite into the finite—consciousness accepting limitation to illuminate limitation from within. The repeated cue ‘śṛṇuṣva…uttaram punaḥ’ signals layered instruction: outer narrative (history of descent) and inner import (how the transcendent can be immanent without being bound).